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2020年7月1日—Darksoysauce(9.3%sodium)–mustmoreintenseinflavourandsaltiness,noodlesbecomealovelydarkcolour.Allpurposesoysauce(7%sodium) ...

By:Nagi

Published:1 Jul 20Updated:3 Jan 21

Here’s a simple explanation of the difference between the 3 main types of soy sauce (light, dark and normal). The 3 golden rules to remember are:

You can interchange light soy sauce and all purpose soy sauce in recipes;

If a recipe just says “soy sauce”, use an all purpose soy sauce OR light soy sauce; and

NEVER use dark soy sauce unless a recipe specifically calls for it. It is overpoweringly strong.

Also see Asian market shopping list.[1]

The mains types of soy sauce are:

Light soy sauce

Dark soy sauce

Soy sauce (all purpose, “normal” or “standard” soy sauce”) – when bottles are simply labelled “soy sauce”. Not light, dark, sweet, mushroom or any other type of soy sauce. I’m going to refer to this as “all purpose soy sauce...